Kantian deontological ethics. One lesson at a time: listen to the episode, play the three games until the streak holds, then write to a real past-paper question in the time the exam gives you.
Specimen to 2026, by tariff. A dash means that year's question at that tariff was on another unit of the same section.
| Year | 3 marks | 5 marks | 5 marks | 12 marks | 25 marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specimen | — | — | — | Q04Explain how Kant's deontological ethics can be applied to the question of whether we should ever tell lies. | — |
| 2019 | — | Q02Explain Kant's distinction between acting in accordance with duty and acting out of duty. | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | Q02Explain Kant's first formulation of the categorical imperative. | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | Q05To what extent can Kantian deontological ethics be defended? |
| 2022 | Q01What does Kant mean by 'hypothetical imperative'? | — | Q03Explain the criticism that Kant ignores the value of certain motives. | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | Q04Explain how Kant's deontological approach to ethics might be applied to the issue of stealing. | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | Q04Explain how Kantian deontological ethics might be applied to the issue of simulated killing. | — |
| 2025 | — | — | — | Q04Explain Kant's first formulation of the categorical imperative and explain the issue that not all universalisable maxims are distinctly moral. | — |
| 2026 | — | Q02Explain Kant's distinction between a contradiction in conception and a contradiction in will. | — | — | — |
Read your answer as the examiner will. Which of these would they write beside it?